Presenter:
Kevin Good

I.
Discussion: House
Bill 1581, passed by the
Seventy-sixth Legislature
amends Section 11.028
of the Parks and Wildlife
Code by adding Subsection
(e), which directs the
Commission to "authorize
the administrator of a
state park to provide
passes to the state park
to members of nonprofit
youth groups who volunteer
to help carry out the
duties and responsibilities
of the department at the
park."

Park managers currently
have the authority to grant
fee waivers under Section
11.028, Subsection (c),
which authorizes the director
to waive entrance and facility
use fees for volunteers.
This authority has been
delegated to the park manager
level under our existing
fee policy. In fact, the
park system benefited from
more than 17,000 hours of
youth service in FY99.

Nevertheless, in order
to comply with the directive
of the legislature, the
following recommendation
is made.

II. Recommendation: Staff
recommends that the Texas
Parks and Wildlife Commission
adopt the following motion:

" In accordance
with Section 11.028 (e)
of the Parks and Wildlife
code, State Park managers
are authorized to waive
park entrance fees and
facility use fees for
nonprofit youth groups
that perform volunteer
service. (Exhibit
A)."

State
Park Fee Policy

In accordance with Section
11.028 (e) of the Parks
and Wildlife code, State
Park managers are authorized
to waive park entrance fees
and facility use fees for
nonprofit youth groups that
perform volunteer service.